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Line 3: Brother Grimace attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University-Carbondale Southern Illinois University at Carbondale], where he was enrolled in the English and Cinema & Photography programs. While at SIU-Carbondale, Brother Grimace was a writing consultant with [http://www.siu.edu/~spctv/ SPC-TV], one of the two student-run campus television stations on the SIU-C campus. He also was involved with the [http://www.siu.edu/~gamesoc/home.html SIU-C Strategic Games Society] in the early 1990's, where he was known for his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_super_heros%27_rpg Marvel Super Heroes role playing game] campaign 'The Marvel Wars' - a popular, high-powered, roleplaying-intensive campaign that ran for two years (1992-1994). Due to the intense nature of 'The Marvel Wars', Brother Grimace gained a reputation in the gaming community as 'the most dangerous GM at SIU-C'. The influence of his time as a gamer can still be seen in his works (as many of his characters have become canon immigrants over to the Daria Multiverse, such as [[DELPHI]], [[Paula Trainor]], and the [[Gridrunner]] aircraft. After leaving SIU-C, Brother Grimace began work in the Media Services Department of [http://www.pcceo.org PCCEO, Inc.], a non-profit, community action agency located in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria%2C_Illinois Peoria, Illinois]. During his time at PCCEO, Brother Grimace was responsible for day-to-day studio operations and a slate of original community-oriented programming; for producing a multi-part series on community-based health issues, he received an award from the American Red Cross and was nominated for another from the City of Peoria. Line 10: He also has a weakness for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries French fries] (particularly 'steak fries', and can't wait to travel to Great Britain for an order of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips fish and chips]), [http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/105/1207/ cheap beer], and is teased by his friends about his seeming predilection towards [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Carter smart blondes], which he seems to usually end up around. ''("It's just a series of coincidences - really!" -BG)'' Over the past two years, Brother Grimace has been busy working on several spec scripts, in preparation towards his lifelong ambition of working in the entertainment industry (preferably as a television writer/producer'). ==Fanon and Fan Culture Contributions== Line 15 ⟶ 17: Brother Grimace has won three Daria Fan Fiction Awards - two for [[The Trouble With Veronica]], and one for [[Crusts Of Pizza]]. He is also arguably one of the more visible members of the group of Dariafic writers known as the [[Angst Lords]], and also enjoys beta reading the works of other authors. He is known for using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa%27uld Gou'ald] technology (particularly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Transporter transport rings]) on the boards, and for his over-use of adjectives for descriptions in his work (most notably parodied in one of [[The Angst Guy]]'s works). He also ~~spent~~created a ~~decent~~[[The ~~amount~~Agency\|Agency]] ofoperative ~~time~~named ~~annoying~~'Guy' in tribute to and ~~being~~in ~~annoyed~~memory byof [http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Guy_%22Decelaraptor%22_Payne the raptor], ~~and~~who ~~hopes~~enjoyed ~~to see~~annoying him ~~get~~with very funny practical jokes. (He especially enjoyed sneaking things underneath areas BG ~~better~~would ~~soon~~sit.) Brother Grimace iais also a huge fan of the [[Falling Into College]] post-canon series, and has said on several occasions that [[Bump]] is his favorite character. He is also a fan of [[Invisigoth Gypsy]]'s [[shipper]] fics, [[Doggieboy]]'s "[[Apocalyptic Daria]]," and [[NightGoblyn]]'s round-robin '[[Evil Daria Viginettes]]' (among some of the many excellent Daria works out there, for the reading pleasure of Daria fans everywhere). In September 2007, Brother Grimace began work on [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]], after ~~recieving~~receiving permission to do so. He has plans to complete at least eight chapters of the series, and is currently writing several works leading into Chapter ~~Thirteen~~Fourteen (having begun with Chapter Eleven). He is known to have originated the use of the phrase [[Wait For It]] within ''Daria'' fandom, as well as the terms '[[Schloss Morgendorffer]]' and '[[manstopper glasses]]' (in reference to [[Daria Morgendorffer\|Daria's]] spectacles). Brother Grimace is an avid and conscientious editor of this wiki. ==Annual Thanksgiving fanfic release== Since he began writing and posting Dariafic in 2001, Brother Grimace has started his own personal tradition of a annual release of Daria fics over the Thanksgiving holiday (either a major release of several fics, or the ~~release~~conclusion of a ~~single~~major ~~novella-~~work or(as ~~larger~~with ~~sized~~the ~~fic~~completion ~~(as~~of ''[[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]], Volume Two'' in ~~2004~~2009), ~~with~~or the release of ~~[[The~~a ~~Winters~~single ofnovella- ~~Those~~or ~~Gone~~larger ~~Before]]~~sized fic.) He usually posts the fics on the weekend before Thanksgiving; he once joked that he did this so that Daria fans could have something to read after dinner. =="Daria Mental-Torture Fics"== Line 36 ⟶ 37: ''(TSWCOT was, as mentioned in a [[CINCGREEN]] review, the first attempt to view Daria in such a manner, and at the time "[[The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow]]" first appeared on ''Daria'' web sites, [[shipper]]s were the current popular trend. To be fair, it should be noted that half of the authors listed as [[Angst Lords]] have '''NOT''' been selected to the RA - formerly the 'Featured Authors' - list.)'' At the time of TSWCOT's initial release, in June 2000, such a view of Daria and her world was considered almost heretical, and many fans maintained a slight resentment towards the author because of these works that is still slightly present in the fandom. This could be considered ironic, as Brother Grimace's works almost always contain sequences where characters within, including Daria, undergo near-religious moments that allow them to experience relevant and positive insights and changes, as well as surprisingly positive themes and upbeat endings. Examples include the NC-17 rated "[[The Winters of Those Gone Before]]," where Daria and Jane experience a very deep examination of their relationship and emotions for one another without experiencing or desiring physical intimacy with one another, and in "[[Victory Lane]]," where Jane fully embraces her sense of freedom after meeting a Daria seemingly entombed within her own enforced desire to be perceived as "one of the crowd." Brother Grimace's fics tend towards prose, and are considerably longer than the average Daria fanfic. At present, two of his works - the unfinished "It's All About Respect" and ~~the~~a ~~Dariarotic~~[[Dariarotica]] work ~~"The Winters Of Those Gone Before~~" - are among the largest stand-alone works in Daria fan fiction history. ([[Steven Galloway]]'s epics, "[[Revelations]]" and "[[Visitation]]," are ''the'' largest stand-alone works.) He also tends to use ''very'' descriptive prose (most famously parodied by [[The Angst Guy\|TAG]] in [[The Original Underground Government-Suppressed Version of Brother Grimace’s Classic Daria Fanfic, "The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow" ]]), and uses a great deal of background information on his characters, as well as much internal dialogue. =='Over-The-Top?'== Some ''Daria'' fans see Brother Grimace's writing style as 'over-the-top' - that is, primarily skewed towards [[melodrama]], generally unrealistic premises and story lines, and that most of his fics are written that way. (In one notable instance, [[Kara Wild]] held an [[Iron Chef]] challenge in which she challenged him to write a 'down-to-earth' fic while she wrote an 'over-the-top' fic. The fics written were [[A Slice Of Pizza]] and [[They Came from Planet Xulfanex]].) While a number of his fics do fit in that mold (most famously [[Another Stupid Daria Internship Fic~~]], [[The Winters of Those Gone Before~~]] and a number of his entries in the [[Evil Daria Viginettes]]), the majority do not. == A New Take on Veronica?== In "The Trouble With Veronica," Brother Grimace developed [[Robert Nowall]]'s original character of [[Veronica]] into a character beyond a mixing of Quinn and Daria's physical, mental and social traits. This character later morphed into her own ~~independant~~independent character, [[Evelyn Veronica Morgendorffer]]. In this fic, 'Evie' is an incoming senior at [[Grove Hills]], and one of the most intelligent students ever to study there. (Daria mentions that Veronica's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ IQ] is rated somewhere in the 190's.) Evie has several traits that are unique to her but not unknown in her family: she has a highly-ranked talent for music (like Jake, but Evie is actually a VERY good singer), is a voracious reader (unlike Daria, her tastes are more broad-spectrum), and shows a talent for fashion (like Quinn). She also has the same eye problems as Daria and wears similar glasses, but prefers contact lenses (which she has no problems with) or prescription sunglasses. Unlike her sisters, Evie hasn't shown any interest in dating - yet - and it was the fear of her awakening sexuality that had prompted Helen to try to remove her from Grove Hills and enroll her at [[Lawndale High]]. An upcoming fic shows that Evie was allowed to stay at Grove Hills, where she was awarded a full scholarship and serves as a School Ambassador. Line 60 ⟶ 61: ==Bibliography of Major Works== Due to sexual themes, violence, and language, his fics tend to lean to 'R-rated'. ===Assorted Works=== * [[3-D Chess]] * [[The Devil in Miss Morgendorffer]] * [[It's All About Respect]] * [[A Path of Roses and Thorns]] * [[Victory Lane]] * [[The Winters of Those Gone Before]] * [[A Slice of Pizza]] * [[Crusts of Pizza]] Line 82 ⟶ 87: * [[Getting On With Living]] * [[A Chunk Of A Conversation]] * [[3-D Chess]] * [[The Big Wedding (as 'Lyman Moneychanger')]] * [[Forever Sleeping Beauty]] Line 102 ⟶ 106: * [[Dream Cynical]] * [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]] (with Roentgen) * [[Animal Cunning]] * [[A Letter to Mr. Ruttheimer]] * [[Tapped Potentials]] * [[Observational Skills]] * [[Piano Practice]] * [[Spirit Of The Law]] * [[Study Break]] * [[We Regret To Inform You...]] * [[My Dinner With Quinn-Redux]] * [[Daria's New Job]] * [[Daria Author Tombstones]] * [[300 Sips of Liquor]] * [[Ah, Good Memories]] * [[Blind Spot]] * [[Cluck Like A Chicken]] * [[Daddy's Home]] * [[Halloween Treats]] * [[My BTG-4 Submission]] * [[My Angsty Ending to the FIC Series]] * [[Focus On What's Important]] * [[Gimme Skelter]] ''(with [[The Angst Guy]])'' ==[[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]]== ===~~[[Visitations]]~~Volume ~~Series~~Two=== * [[The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow]] 11:1 [[~~Shipping~~Out ~~Overnight~~Here On My Own]] 11:2 [[~~Like~~Look ~~Sandi,~~Through InMy ~~The Hourglass~~Eyes]] 11:3 [[Brain Damage]] 11:4 [[In The Air Tonight]] 11:5 [[Don't Let Me Get Me]] 11:6 [[Truths Known, Spoken and Undone]] 11:7 [[Bright Lights and Darker Shadows]] 12:1 [[The Wild and the Young]] 12:2 [[Lay Your Hands On Me]] 12:3 [[Learning To Fly]] 12:4 [[Electric Youth]] 12:5 [[Two Tribes]] 12.6a [[Bop Til You Drop\|Bop Til You Drop (Part One)]] 12.6b [[Bop Til You Drop\|Bop Til You Drop (Part Two)]] 12.7 [[Behind Blue Eyes]] 13:1 [[Where Do We Go From Here?]] 13:2 [[Angel Of The Morning]] 13:3 [[This Used To Be My Playground]] 13:4 [[For Those About To Rock, We Salute You]] 13:5 [[Points of Authority]] 13:6 [[Broken]] 13:7 [[Express Yourself]] 13:8 [[Shadows of the Night]] 13:9 [[Candle in the Wind]] ===Legion of Lawndale Heroes 'Minis'=== M1 "[[Sparring Session]]" M2 "[[Fraternity Brothers]]" M3 "[[Legionnaires 101]]" M4 "[[Dinner]]" M5 "[[For The Boys At Camp Victory]]" M6 "[[A Special Day For The Colonel]]" M7 "[[A Quintessential Attitude]]" M8 "[[Meta Yo Mama]]" M9 "[[Waif Fu]]" M10 "[[A Day at the Races]]" M11 "[[The Little Drummer Girl]]" M12 "[[Eclipse]]" M13 "[[Falling Into Unusual Circumstances]]" M14 "[[Network Connections]]" M15 "[[Bull Session]]" M16 "[[Part Of The Solution]]" M17 "[[The Vetting Process]]" M18 "[[Cop]]" M19 "[[Pizza Night With The Girls]]" M20 "[[An Unexpected Stop]]" M21 "[[Equal Payment]]" M22 "[[Not So Different]]" ===Legion of Lawndale Heroes Specials=== LLH Special #1: "[[A Legion Halloween]]" LLH Special #: "[[No One Is To Blame]]" (upcoming) Uncategorized Special "[[Crossing the Legion]]" ==[[Visitations]]== * [[Helen, In The Depths Of Her Own Mind]] * [[He's The QB]] * [[Like Sandi, In The Hourglass]] * [[Shipping Overnight]] * [[The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow]] * [[Appearance of the Morning Star]] ==[[Tales of the Ringbearers]]== * [[The Aeon Interdict]] ~~===[[Tales of the Ringbearers]]===~~ * [[A Honey of a Deal]] * [[Balance]] * [[Before The Coming Dawn]] (crossover fic in the [[Daylight]] series) * [[Camping]] * [[Decompression]] * [[The Fourth Ringwraith]] * [[I Hate The Desert]] * [[Michael]] * [[My Dinner With Robert]] * [[~~Tiger Cruise~~Recital]] * [[~~Michael~~Security Blanket]] * [[Spirit Stick]] * [[~~Camping~~Tiger Cruise]] ==[[Daylight]]== * [[A Good Deed Repaid]] * [[Baked Alaska]] * [[Home Field Advantage]] * [[Kitchen Duty]] * [[The Essentials of Everyday Living]] * [[The Hope Mission]] * [[Wagon Train To The Stars]] ==Daria Fanworks Awards== Line 151 ⟶ 258: ==External Links== * [http://www.the-wildone.com/interviews/Winters_interview.htm 2005 Interview with E. A. Smith on Contrarian's Corner] * [http://~~www.~~glitterberries.freehostia.com/author_brothergrimace.html Fanfics on Glitter Berries] * [http://www.the-wildone.com/bg_fics.html Fanfics at The Contrarian's Corner] * [http://www.sh33pie.com/bg2.htm Fanfics at The Sh33p's Fluff] * [http://archiveofourown.org/users/brothergrimace1/pseuds/brothergrimace1 Fanfics at Archive Of Our Own] [[Category: Authors]] [[Category: Bloggers]] [[Category: Daria Fanworks Awards winners]] [[Category: Angst Lords]] [[Category:Fans from the United States]] ==Image Gallery==